Mardec Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 A couple of months ago I was messing around to find a easy to make green comp but I found something different: Potassium Chlorate 63Dextrin 10Parlon 14Ba(NO3)2 10BaSO4 10 Guess you can use shellac in stead of parlon. The comp was pressed with a bit of force inside a aluminumfoil tube. (foil wrapped around a rod). I lit it and it Burned pretty good and gave around 3 strobe flashes / Sec. Very bright white strobe flashes. I didn't test it in star form yet but I tought some of you guys could use this info. If it doens't work in stars you can still make a "cheap" strobe pot with it Hope someone can use this info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hashashan Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 There is a slight problem with shellac/parlon/red gum etc ni my country. do you think that hexamine or PVC with a binder will do the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardec Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 Could work, I don't know if chlorine has influence on the reaction.. So try it out is what I would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I don't know if PVC will work instead. Most other organic strobes utilize Hexachlorobenzene. From what I was told by a rather reputable person is that it works because it is a chlorine donor with little to no fuel value. More on the order of it being a poor fuel, not lighting easily, etc from what I gathered. HCB has this. As does Parlon, which is probably the driving part of the reaction. I dont know how well shellac would work as it is a signifigantly better fuel than parlon. PVC also is a better fuel than parlon. Try as you will, but don't get your hopes up. Anyway it is interesting to see that parlon can be used instead of HCB. I have a bit of HCB, but not enough I would want to waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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